Just four years after Diageo officials broke ground on the Bulleit Distilling Company off Benson Pike, those officials will again take up shovels on Monday to officially kick-off the ground breaking of their new visitor’s center.

The KHSAA unveiled a new honor to bestow upon high school athletes from around the state with its new ‘Triple Threat Award’ on May 14, given to athletes who excel at three or more different sports in the fall, winter and spring seasons.

Between the Shelby County and Collins high schools, six athletes were named: Four athletes for the Titans were selected, and two from SCHS.

From Collins, athletes Hannah Cleary, Henry Robbins, Mary Grace Vest and Lilly Vest were each named winners of the award.

Shelby County Fiscal Court heard the first reading of the 2018-2019 budget at its regular meeting on May 15. The county’s proposed budget allocates a total of $22,158,877.34 for use. This represents a two percent increase from last year’s budget.

“Some of the issues we had to deal with in this budget was our pension costs,” Ison said. “It was very difficult to get exact figures on trying to put this together and to try to get it set up so that we would be in a five-year cycle.”

When the Triple S Planning Commission convenes for its regular monthly meeting Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at the Stratton Center, commissioners will consider a zone change for property located at the intersection of Freedom’s Way and LaGrange Road. Developers are looking to change the zoning from Agricultural to R-3 (multi-family residential) on 94.89 acres and to C-2 (commercial) on 3.76 acres.

There will be a few new faces on Shelby County Fiscal Court next year.

Two magisterial seats went up for grabs this year, when second district magistrate Michael Riggs and the sixth district’s Tony Carriss opted to step down from their seats, leaving voters in the Simpsonville and Waddy/Mt. Eden/Southville areas with a decision to make.

Shelby County Board of Education’s meeting Thursday kicked off with numerous recognitions followed by a report from superintendent James Neihof.

In his report to the board, Neihof prepared the member for a budget update the next meeting, on May 24, when they will hear the tentative budget.

The budget process has five components: the local draft budget, the state SEEK (Support Education Excellence in Kentucky) rate, the local tentative budget, the local tax rate and, lastly, the local working budget.